This a collection of mainly 70s Brazilian funk, jazz and some bossa, with all tracks featuring a Fender Rhodes electric piano somewhere in the mix.

Joao Donato is the star here, of course – apart from his three tracks, we’ve got also got Marcos Valle and Emilio Santiago covering his songs, and he’s all over the Orlandivo track with his funky keyboards and production.

I’m a total sucker for the ‘beautiful melancholy’ of some brazilian orchestrators, so we’ve also got the dark beauty of works by Hermeto Pascoal.Luis Eca and Moacir Santos running through their own tracks and others. Listen to Airto's beautiful take on Hermeto's 'Mae Cambina' . Finally, “special contemporary guest” for this edition of the Rhodes series is Ed Motta with ‘Coisas Naturais’ from the fantastic “Dwitza” album.

Give me a shout there if you’re in love with a particular track and curious about what album it comes from. Enjoy!

Hey Simon, you'll have to stop on over to Ile Oxumare. Katonah just found that Yana Purim debut album I've been looking for and it's just up.

That Taiguara album is so so good! I had seen it around in shops for years and avoided buying it. Pretty recently I read a description of it and then couldn't find it anywhere. I can't believe I've missed out on it all these years--and like you I'm pretty big into Brazilian music. Man, music blogs are effing awesome!

If there is ever gonna be a second Brazil compilation, you might consider to include some Elis Regina songs with Cesar Camargo Mariano on Fender Rhodes. For example, the Cobra Criada song on the Live in Montreux CD starts off with an amazing rhodes intro.

SImon- this is really, honestly and truly a MAGNIFICENT comp. You would be hired by SOUL JAZZ, Soundways, Wax Poetic, etc. in a heartbeat (yeah, them too).

This is simply breathtaking stuff. But now I feel compelled to give something back. The best thing I could think of is a link to an African vinyl junkie from western Europe. Enjoy! http://ylow.blogspot.com

Now ... I took this version of 'Bananeira' from a different CD comp I had - I don't actually own the 1975 Santiago album, but the best rip I can find is here. Also, j Thyme has posted a 1978 album, which has some good tracks, here

Loving this, my first neverenoughrhodes download. Am looking forward to listening to your other compilations. Interesting to see the Hermeto connections too...recently got into him through a review of the Django Bates album 'Spring is here, shall we dance'. Great effort putting this together my friend!

Woah! Beautiful compilation... all killer no fillers! There are so many Brazil compilations out there... CD's, LP's... on blogs... This one is good! Really enjoy track 20 "Luis Eca - Quadros"... Thanks for introducing me to this musical gem... pure joy... (I think I found this compilation on soulseek)...